Daily Needs ServicesAccess Florida has the Food Stamp Program(EBT) that helps people with low income to buy healthy food. The application can be done online. Please see the website for your local service center. The application is also used for Temporary Cash Assistance, Medicaid, and all other Department of Children and Families services.
Deaf/Hearing Impaired:
Florida Relay 711 or
TTY: 1.800.955.8771
This agency offers adoption as an alternative parenting option. They help support birth mothers and adoptive parents. Help is offered before, during, and after adoption. They also provide resources for birth parents who choose to parent. The support is offered at no cost. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Toll Free: 855.899.5683
Birth Parents: 321.250.5683
Adoption Parents: 321.766.5683
The CCE program offers services in the community. It helps older people, 60 years and up, live in a safe and affordable place that meets their needs. To qualify, they need to have some difficulties with daily activities. For more information, please call or visit the website.
Eligible clients may receive services, including:
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc. operates several homeless shelters.
Call for more information
The VA offers disability compensation. It is a monthly payment that is tax-free. The money goes to veterans who got sick or hurt while they were serving in the military. It is also to veterans whose service made an existing condition worse. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Benefits Hotline: 800.827.1000
Florida Veterans Support Line: 844.693.5838
Safelink Wireless offers a Smartphone or a SIM card. Along with free minutes, texts, and data each month. There are eligibility requirements that must be met to participate. They are set by each state where the service is provided. There is a limit to one per household. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Enrollment and Plan Changes: 800.723.3546 (800.SAFELINK)
Technical Support ONLY: 800.378.1684
Alliance for Aging, Inc. provides EHEAP. Help is given to low-income households with at least one person 60 years of age or older. They may be able to help with utilities. You must meet eligibility guidelines. Please call or visit the website for more locations.
This group offers a Family Assistance program. It is for military and veteran families. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Assistance May Include:
This program provides assistive technology. It offers a range of services. These are for people with disabilities. It is also for their families. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
The Florida Keys Outreach Coalition, Inc. is a group that has choices of shelter. The shelter may be temporary. For families that have special needs, they have permanent places to live with help. Those in need of shelter assistance can call 305-293-0641. Go to
website.
